Welcome

The Department of Military Science offers courses which are applicable to all branches
of the United States Army and through which a student can earn an academic minor.
These courses give students a broad knowledge of Army management, leadership, and
technical skills thereby preparing them for Army commissions as well as providing
leadership and management skills sought throughout the civilian sector. The objectives
of producing officers through the ROTC (Reserve Officers Training Corps) program are
to:

Provide officers a broad educational base

Provide a basic military education for students

Teach basic fundamentals and techniques of leadership and management

Develop, in conjunction with other academic disciplines, individual character and
attributes required of an officer in the US. Army

Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) is the one college course that helps you develop:

Leadership Skills

Managerial Skills

Confidence

...to put you on the fast track of life.

Army ROTC is a college elective that you take with your other college courses. Normally,
ROTC covers four years, with two years devoted to the Basic Course and two years to
the Advanced Course. In ROTC, students learn self-discipline and study skills, combined
with the greatest opportunity for excitement. ROTC offers you the opportunity to:
make new friends conquer physical and mental challenges to develop confidence to succeed
anywhere.